Horseshoe.



Nojeszss. Patnied Aug. 22, |899. P. H. GRAVES.

HOBSESHUE.

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(No Model.)

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PHILANDER H. GRAVES, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

HORSEISHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Eatent No. 631,296, dated August 22, 1899.

Application tiled March 1 8, l 8 99.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, PHILANDER H. GRAVES,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Chi-v cago, in the county of` Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Horseshoe, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention relates to horseshoes; and the object of the invention is to provide a simple device ofA this character which can be manufactured at a low cost and which is of such a construction that the slipping of the feet of a horse is not only prevented, but the shock and jar usually experienced by an animal in traveling over hard streets or roads is removed.

The shoe, which may be of any suitable material and of the usual shape, has a resilient metal rim. In the present case I prefer to picfd-fe shoe with two rims, and one of these rims projects btow-theother and is resilient, and this resilient part asthe horses foot is lowered strikes the ground before the companion part and gives or yields to a suficient extent to relieve the muscles of the leg and shoulder from what would otherwise be a sudden and violent jar with a metallic shoe. As a convenient means of forming the shoe it is provided with two rims, which extend entirely around the samegand the inner one extends below the outer one and is sloped inwardly as a means for giving it the necessary elasticity.

With these ends in view the invention consists in the novel combination of elements and in the construction and arrangement of parts, which will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

To enable others to understand the invention, I have illustrated the preferred embodiment thereof in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is an under side view of a horseshoe constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse section taken on the line 2 2, Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section taken on the line 3 3, Fig. l.

Like characters denotelike and corresponding parts in each of the several iguresof the drawings.

In the drawings Ihave shown a shoe offamiliar shape, and it may be made of the ma- Serial No. 709,606. (No model.)

terial usually employed in forming devices of this character, and it includes in its construc- -tion of Figs. 2 and 3 it will be observed that the inner ridge or rim extends below thelower edge of the outer ridge or rim 3, so that said inner part will rst come ih contact with the ground as the horsesfo@ islowered, and as a means for relieving the muscles in the leg from the shock generally experienced the inner part is made elastic or resilient, and this effect is produced by sloping the same inward, as clearly indicated Vin Figs. 2 and3, and it is enhanced somewhat by making the same relatively thin. The outer rim or ridge, it will be seen. is comparatively thick at the toe of the shoe, thereby securing rigidity at this place, which is subjected to Violent blows.

From the preceding description it will be seenthat as a foot is lowered the inner rim 4 will strike the ground, and if the surface of the latter is hard it will spring upward, and subsequently the outer and thicker ridge or rim 3 will also strike the earth; but the blow will be materially modified and to such an eX- tent as to cause no harm to an animal. It will be understood that as the lower edge of each rim rests upon the surface of the ground `the spring or upward movement of the resilient rim 4 causes a suction in the groove or channel 5, whereby the shoe is held firmly upon the surface of the ground, and thereby prevented from slipping thereupon.

j The shoe hereinbefore described is a safety one and in the nature of a calkless device, and as it has no projections it can pass over the slots in cable and electric conduits without possibility of the horse tripping, as is frequently the case Where projecting calks are employed, as these catch in the conduits and railway-frogs and cause the accident above stated.

The two ridges or analogous IOO Changes in the form, proportionfsize, and

the minor details of construction within the scope of the appended claims may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or saerifeing any of the advantages of this in vention.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is 1. A horseshoe having two rims extending entirely around the same and the inner one extending below the outer one and being, sloped thereb57 to produce elasticity in the same.

2. A horseshoe having two rims extending entirely around the saine and joined at the rear or heel of the shoe, the inner rim extend- 

